Dryoscopus gambensis
| Northern puffback | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Dryoscopus |
| Species: | D. gambensis |
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Dryoscopus gambensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) |
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The northern puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in northern sub-Saharan Africa. It forms a superspecies with the black-backed puffback, which replaces it in eastern equatorial and southern Africa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and moist savanna.
There are five accepted races:
Illustration of D. g. gambensis
Male D. g. gambensis in The Gambia
Male D. g. malzacii at Lake Nakuru N.P., Kenya
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